Story England's Tour of Australia - 2005 - The Ashes

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England Vs Queensland:
5 day match:
Cairns:
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Live on Channel 9:
End of Match:
Day 3:

Chairman's XI:
197 and 132 All out

England: 232 All out and 99/1

England win by 9 wickets



England go into 1st Test unbeaten:

Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick and Michael Vaghan all chipped in as England eased there was to victory to continue unbeated into the 5 match test series with Australia. They played well but werent really pressured and just the one wicket was taken after Strauss made a silly mistake. He and Trescothick looked at one point like they would bat out the innings themsleves and didnt look in any real danger of losing their wickets, Strauss was confident as ever and Trescothick was accumilating more runs than normal as they looked to get it over with as quickly as possible. Queensland took their only wicket of the innings when Strauss dragged on unluckily trying to cut Dawes through the off side, he managed 20.

Hook shots galore as Strauss and Trescothick play England to victory (thanks to barmyarmy for Strauss' bat):

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Vaughan came to the crease and helped Trescothick on his way to an unbeaten 44 with some excellent cover drives, Vaughan himself scored 20 off 12 balls, now England face the almighty Aussies and the real hard work begins, big things are expected from Steve Harmison who seems to have gotten used to the pitches in Australia, Andrew Strauss who will be out to prove himself as a batsman and as ever the England captain Michael Vaughan, who, admittedly, hasnt scored many runs but has looked in good touch recently, he just needs better shot selection. So bring on the Aus!!!

England Scorecard:

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This picture was taken in the last match against Queenaland, needless to say it was smashed for four.

The umpire calls a close no ball:

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haha my god,, thats the first time i've seen that!, did he just keep running over or what?
 
Comprehensive win there from Vaughan and his boys.

That last pic, its amazing, Ive never seen anything like it! How is it a "close" call?
 
Lol how did that happen.
 
no, sorry guys no video, ive started the first Ashes Test and will post pitch details etc later.
 
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England Vs Australia:
Ashes Test Match:
1st Test:
Brisbane:
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Live on Sky Sports:



England go into the 1st Test an unbeaten and confident side, they havent really been troubled in any of the tour matches which probrably was to be expected but now comes the challenge, number 1 in the test match world takes on number 2, sparks are about to fly..... will England be up to the task or will the mighty Aussies add another notch to their belt?

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Ricky Ponting called heads while Ian Botham flicked the coin in the middle, the coin landed on heads and the Aussie captain had no hesitations in batting first on what will be a very flat and non responsive pitch, England would have bowled first anyway so it made no odds to Michael Vaughan, it just dented his confidence that he lost the toss.

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A very flat pitch wont do much for the bolwers but a concentrated line and legth from a disciplined bowler will trouble the batsman, other than that its a batters paridise, probrably the reason why Paul Collingwood has been left out for the unplayed Robert Key who has been in the nets for the last month practicing hard but the nets arent out in the middle and the bowlers arnt Glen Mcgrath, Jason Gillespie and Brett Lee....



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ive signed up for that link thanks mate, they havent sent me the e-mail yet but when they do ill upload an amazing hook shot from Tresco Vs Queensland that went miles and miles!!!
 
The match is comming allong well and both teams have had overpowering spells, it is shaping up to be a classic after one of the Aussie openers was dismissed 0 after facing just 4 balls!!
 
Good luck throughout this Ashes Tour, S Harmison. Did you download everything to make this series realistic? (Bats, Ropes, Pitch Ads, Adboards, Faces, TV Graphics, Rosters etc.) :)
 

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